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News stories relevant to the Glasair brand of airplanes – Glasair, Sportsman, GlaStar, and Merlin. You’ll also see a few articles about the OMF Symphony – a certified version of the GlaStar.

Roadable Glasair Sportsman

The Plane Driven web site has announced the completion and flight testing of a fly/drive version of the Glasair Sportsman 2+2 kit aircraft called...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2009

Written by Greg and Sue Prentiss  For starters, we didn’t beat out the RV aficionados. It was close though, 400+ RVs and 19 Glasairs. I’m not...

Oshkosh AirVenture 2007

Written by by Greg and Sue Prentiss If I was writing a newspaper headline it would probably read: Hammer Brothers deliver ANOTHER one—two punch for Glasair at AirVenture 2007. A...

HID Xenon Landing Light Technology

Written by Dan Blumel – “XeVision” Reliable Sales HID Xenon (metal halide) lamps utilize an electrical arc rather than a filament to generate a much brighter...

TWTT Sportsman: What Kind of a Job Are They Doing?

I recently got to do a pre-first flight inspection on a Sportsman right out of the 2-Weeks-To-Taxi (TWTT) program. It belongs to Richard Eastman,...
Mikael Via

Bumpy Ride

From the Top It’s been a bumpy ride over the past few years, hasn’t it? As a Glasair builder, I know first hand what each...
Wrangell St. Elias National Park

Matt Freeman’ s GlaStar Accident in Alaska

I spoke with Matt Freeman this morning--he and his daughter are fine. Matt has a GlaStar taildragger with large, 26" tundra tires and likes...

GlaStar N533WW Down in Utah

Bill Wilson left Cheyenne accompanied by an RV-4 headed for a fuel stop at Wendover, UT. The agreement was to fly at 10,500 and...
The mangled GlaStar wreckage.

Man Survives Second Plane Crash

By Karen Aho - Anchorage Daily News Reporter Republished with permission Down in Alaska - two slightly injured - saved by GlaStar cage I learned about flying from...

Stoddard-Hamilton Closed! Future Unknown

On May 8, 2000 customers calling Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft were greeted with an old voicemail message stating that they had reached the office outside normal...